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UK49s hot and cold numbers

UK49s hot and cold numbers

Every ball from 1 to 49, ranked by how often it has come up as a main ball across 5 961 recorded draws. The average ball has landed 730 times.

Hottest ten

  • 3
  • 19
  • 40
  • 20
  • 2
  • 24
  • 6
  • 17
  • 44
  • 12

Ball 3 leads on 806 appearances.

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Coldest ten

  • 36
  • 28
  • 21
  • 10
  • 4
  • 32
  • 8
  • 15
  • 7
  • 29

Ball 36 trails on 675.

Every 49s draw is independent. What follows is a record of past draws, and a record cannot tell you what comes next.

All 49 balls, most drawn first

RankBallTimes drawnAgainst average
1 3 806 +76
2 19 782 +52
3 40 781 +51
4 20 779 +49
5 2 775 +45
6 24 768 +38
7 6 767 +37
8 17 763 +33
9 44 763 +33
10 12 762 +32
11 47 760 +30
12 39 758 +28
13 46 752 +22
14 11 751 +21
15 31 747 +17
16 45 747 +17
17 37 744 +14
18 9 741 +11
19 38 737 +7
20 42 736 +6
21 22 731 +1
22 14 729 -1
23 23 728 -2
24 35 728 -2
25 34 727 -3
26 41 722 -8
27 43 721 -9
28 18 717 -13
29 5 715 -15
30 13 713 -17
31 26 713 -17
32 48 713 -17
33 25 711 -19
34 27 710 -20
35 16 709 -21
36 33 708 -22
37 1 704 -26
38 30 704 -26
39 49 704 -26
40 7 702 -28
41 29 702 -28
42 8 701 -29
43 15 701 -29
44 32 699 -31
45 4 695 -35
46 10 694 -36
47 21 693 -37
48 28 678 -52
49 36 675 -55

Tap any ball for its own page: how often it has landed in each draw, its longest gap, and the numbers it turns up with.

Hot and cold describe the past. A ball that has landed more often is not more likely next time, because the draw has no memory of it.